Shipping drum



June 17 1924.

N. A. GIBBONS SHIPPING DRUM Filed June 15', 22

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SHIPPING DRUM.

Application filed June 15, 1922. Serial No. 568,371.

To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, NATHAN ALLEN GinnoNs, a citizen of the United Statesof America, and resident of Martins Ferry, county of Belmont, and Stateof Ohio, have invented certain new and i'iseful Improvements in ShippingDrums, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates broadly to metallic receptacles, and moreparticularly to a shipping drum or can of knock-down form.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a relativelyinexpensive construction of drum designed as container for asphaltuni,caustic soda, or other semi-liquid materials or substances which becomesolidilied following introduction in the container.

Containers of the character referred to are ordinarily destroyed ineffecting removal of the solidified contents thereof' and, consequently,such containers need notpossess the durability of containers which areto be re-used. Further, because of the nature of the materials to becontained thereby, such containers need not have the close-littingjoints which are required in containers designed for holding liquids.

As previously stated, it is the chief aim of the present invention toprovide a cheap form of shipping drum adapted for the reception ofcontents of the character referred to. Further, it is an object torovide such a container which is adaptec to be furnished to the packeror other user in knocked-down form, thus providing for great economy inspace both in shipping and storage prior to use, and which may bereadily set up and closed by any unskilled person without the use ofother than ordinary tools.

In describing the invention in detail, reference is made to theaccon'ipanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of thedrum showin the head partially secured in place;

l igure 2 is a view of the same partly in side elevation and partly insection;

Figure 3 is an end elevation of a plurality of body members occupyingnested relation; and

Figure 4 is a sectional view of a drum illustrating a modification.

Referring to said drawings, 1 indicates the cylindrical drum body, whichis made of a single piece of sheet metal having opposite reverselyturned hook-like edges 2 and 8 designed to be disposed in interlockedrelation and to be flattened down upon each other in setting up thedrum. In the open form shown in Fig. 3, said drum body is adapted to benested with similar bodies to economize shipping and storage space.

Each of the opposite ends of the body 1 is shaped to form reverse bendsin which an inner downwardly extending member l seats closely againstsaid body and an upwardly extending member 5 stands parallel to saidmember 'lat a distance from the latter providing an intermediate channel6. Said channel is designed for the reception of a downturned peripheralflange 7 which is formed upon a circular head or closure 8 and which hasrelatively less width. than the depth of said channel so that said headmay seat directly upon the top of the bend at the junction of the bodywith the member 4, as shown in Fig. 2.

The outer member 5 rises to a height considerably above the top of thebend above referred to and the terminal portion there of is providedwith a plurality of vertically extending slits 9 whereby it is dividedinto relatively narrow tongues 10 which are adapted to be bentinwardinto closely over lying relation to the adjacent portion of thehead -8 for firmly retaining the latter in place. i

In the modification shown in Fig. 4, the provision of reverse bends andthe channel 6 is dispensed with. Somewhat difierently expressed, thebody 1 is retained in true cylindrical form from end to end, and tongues10 are formed in the end of said body by the provision of slots 9 Saidtongues l0 are turned inward and then downward parallel to the cylinderwalls to form an intermediate internal channel 6 adapted for thereception of the peripheral flange 7 of the head 8*, said flange in thisinstance being outwardly directed and di vided into tongues 11 throughthe provision of slits 12 spaced to correspond with the spacing of theslots 9*. Following seating of said flange 7 in said channel, thetongues 10 and the tongues 11 are together bodily turned inward, asshown at the right in Fig. 4, thus forming a fold of double-seam typewhereby the head 8 is firmly held in place.

As is manifest, the drum either constructed in the preferred form shownin Figsl and 2, or in the modified form shown in Fig. 4, may be readilyset up and closed by any person, using only a hammer for turning thetongues into head-retaining position. 7

WVhat is claimed is: V

1. A knock-down sheet-metal shipping drum comprising a cylinder body, anend of said body being reversely bent to form an inner downwardlyextending neinber resting against the adjacent portion of the body andan outer upwardly extending member located parallel to and at a spaceddistance from said inner member whereby anintermediate channel isformed, said outer member extending above the level of the junction ofsaid inner member with the body and beingprovided with vertical slitswhereby] terminal tongues are .formed therein, and a head having adownturned peripheral flange for seating in said channel, said tonguesbeing adapted for bending inward intooverlying seated relation to saidhead.

2.;A knockdown shipping drum of the character described comprising acylindrical sheet-metal body having edges provided with means wherebythey may be secured in interlocked relation, each end of said body beingreversely bent to form inner and outer parallel members with anintermediate seating ehannel, a head-like closure for said body having aperipheral flange for seating in said channel, the outer of saidparallel members being extended past the junction of said inner memberwith said body and being provided with slits whereby are formed tongueswhich are adapted to be bent inward into seated relation to said closure for retaining the latter in seated posi- ,tion.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

NATHAN ALLEN GIBBONS. lVitnesses G. D. GRIBBLE, JosErH C. Her r.

